poitín

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pota +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Munster) IPA^(key): [pˠəˈtʲiːnʲ]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɛtʲiːnʲ]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈpˠɛtʲinʲ]

Noun[edit]

poitín m (genitive singular poitín)

poteen

Declension[edit]

Declension of poitín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	poitín
Vocative	a phoitín
Genitive	poitín
Dative	poitín

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an poitín
Genitive	an phoitín
Dative	leis an bpoitín don phoitín

Descendants[edit]

→ English: poteen
→ Yola: potteen

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
poitín	phoitín	bpoitín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “poitín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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